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This is the story of lovely Phoebe Sprague, of Williamsburg, Virginia, who always tried to do the right thing according to the rules and yet was always getting into trouble through her own good intentions. — Here, with Miss Thane's customary careful research, is re-created the glittering, plush, carefree era before the First World War, when peopl... more »e had money and leisure and knew how to amuse themselves. At the very end of the book, in a few swift, vivid scenes, the war begins - and an era comes to an end.« less